The Nonprofit FAQ

What is business planning? How is it carried out?
Free Management Library includes links to a large number of free resources that together explain:

- What is a business plan?

- Why do I need one?

- How do I prepare one?

See http://www.mapnp.org/library/plan_dec/bus_plan/bus_plan.htm



Don Greismann has written a general introduction to starting a nonprofit that emphasizes the importance of having a business plan and provides guidance on how to prepare one. See http://www.tess.org/misc/010708NP_Biz_Plan.pdf NOTE: this file is in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document (.pdf) format. You will need Adobe Acrobat reader software to access the file; this software is available without charge from Adobe at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html




Posted 1/19/00 -- CM; revised 7/8/01, link updated 7/3/05 -- PB